The Growth Of Opposition under Nicholas II

Question 1

What growth in opposition was there under Nicholas II?

Answer 1

Radicalism was taking over Russian society. Increase in strikes. Farmers agitated by poor harvest, high taxes and over population. Marxism - spread socialist ideas.

Question 2

What did Liberal opposition want?

Answer 2

Changes in government structure. Spread of education meant people wanted representation and rule of law. Wanted a National Assembly

Question 3

What did Liberal opposition do?

Answer 3

• Helped during the Great Famine in the zemstva
• 1895, petitioned Nicholas II to set up advisory body
• 1896, all zemstvo organisation, banned
• Contributed to political momentum

Question 4

What did the Social Revolutionaries want?

Answer 4

Loose organisation. Ideas of agrarian socialism and need for economic reform. Students wanted a new style of Populism - more violent. Appeal to the peasantry. Destroy autocracy.

Question 5

What did the Social Revolutionaries want?

Answer 5

• Stir up discontent, strikes and political assassinations.

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